Cattle-stanchion.



No. 633,799. Patented' sept. 26, 1899.

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CATTLE STANCHION.

(Application filed Jan. 11, 1899.)

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WALTER DENNISON'QASE, OF GRANBY, CONNECTICUT.

CATTLE-STANCHIO'N.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,799, dated September 26, 1899.

Application filed January 11, 1899.

To all whont-i-t may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER Dennison CASE, of Granby, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented'a new and Improved Cattle-stanchion, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a cattle-stanchion designed for stables, ships, and other places where cattleare to be kept, and comprises an oblong frame inclosing the neck of an animal and having'one side removable and pro-' vided with a latch by which to hold it, so that when desired the stanchion may be opened to receive orrelease the animal.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of the invention, while the claim defines the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding'parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention with parts in section. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of .the invention with parts in section. Fig. 3 is an enlarged front view of the upper part of the stanchion with parts broken away and other parts in section. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary edge elevation illustrating the latch. Fig. 5 is an elevational view of the lower part of the stanchion with parts broken away and other parts in section, and Fig. 6 is a detail section on the line 6 6 ofFig. 3.

The invention embodies an integral rigid side section or bar 10, the ends of which are curved inward and fitted between the cheekplates 11 and 12, respectively, offthe areshaped upper end section 1i and the areshaped lower end section 15. The bar 110 is held rigidly between the cheek-pieces 11 and 12 by means of bolts 16. The other side of the stanchion has a removable bar or section 17, the lower end of which is rounded to fit into a socket 18, formed at'the end of the sec tion 15 opposite the cheek-plates 12. The upper end of the bar 17 has a cavity 18 there in, overhanging which is a plate 19. The upper end of the bar 17 is adapted to fit between two flaring cheek-plates 20, formed on the upper section 14 opposite the cheek-plates 11, the inward movement of the bar 17 being limited by a short shoulder 21, formed between the cheek-pieces 20.

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. Adjacent to the cheek-pieces 20 a swinging latch is pivoted on a pin 22, held rigidly in This latch comprises a hook 23, engaging the plate 19 and extending into the cavity 18. Thelatch also comprises a thumb-piece 24, to permit the manipulation vof the latch, and a heel 25, to which is connecteda retractile spring 26, attached also to the section 14 and serving to throw the hook 23 against the plate 19, as shown in Fig. 3.

The sections 14 and 15 have sockets 26 and 27 formed therein, such'sockets respectively receiving the balls 28 ofv the rods 29, which extend upwardly and downwardly from the stanchion and are connected by suitable swivels 30 with supports 31, forming parts of the cattle-stalls. By means of the balls 28 and sockets 26 and 27 the rods 29 are connected with the stanchion, so that the stanchion may be moved about to accommodate itself to the movements of the animal, and owing to the swivels by which the rods 29 are mounted on the parts 31 the rods are permitted to have free movement.

The arc-shaped upper and lower sections 14 and 15, with the rigid side bar 10, form a durable structure',which insures the properrigidity of the stanchion and prevents the sagging of the parts, which defect generally exists in the usual rectangular stanchions.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent A cattle-stanchion, having a rigid side section, arc-shaped end sections, one end of each the end sections, a plate secured to one end of the bar, and a latch pivoted on the upper end section and having a hook adapted to en gage under the plate to removably hold the bar in place.

WALTER Dennison cAsE.

Witnesses: I I

'JAMEs W. GILLiN, JEssE W. BUICK. 

